Yanping Li is a quantitative researcher for the RS Global team. RS Investments was acquired by Victory Capital in July 2016 and is a Victory Capital investment franchise.

Prior to joining the team in 2025, Dr. Li served in quantitative research and portfolio management roles at Pluribus Labs and HighMark Capital Management. He began his finance career in 2008 at Deutsche Bank Asset Management and previously worked as a semiconductor research engineer.

Dr. Li earned a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University and a Master of Science in Financial Engineering (MFE) from the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds an M.A. in Physics from Brandeis University and completed his undergraduate studies in Physics at Tsinghua University, Beijing.